Stella Bourke participated in the Greater New Orleans Science & Engineering Fair (GNOSEF) last weekend. In addition to winning 1st prize in her category: Computational biology bioinformatics and biomedical engineering, she came away with one of 4 grand award prizes. She's now eligible to continue to the international science fair in Los Angeles.
We need many volunteers in order to make our annual Crawfish Boil a success! Please volunteer for a shift here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084EABAD23AAF5C16-48412331-crawfish
Willow's Jacobi Wilford was named to the Coaches' 2023-24 11-4A All-District Team in Basketball. Wilford, a junior, averaged 15.2 pts per game this season for the Lions! Elijah Davis received Honorable Mention. Congratulations!
Students Maya Galloway, Jade Cameron, Yva Totchum, Hudson Frederick, and Mo Bidima, with help from Ms. Sullivan, placed second in the Zero Hunger Challenge! Larry Nance challenged high school students to solve the food insecurity problems in the city.
Willow Pride Robotics has won the state championship! The team went undefeated in the qualifying and semi final rounds, and won two of three finals matches to take home the win. In their last match of the day, they set the new high score of 214 points along with Stinger Robotics from Denham Springs. They will represent Louisiana at the World Championships next month in Houston along with Dominican Ultraviolet who won the Inspire Award.
LAST CHANCE TO ORDER SOCCER CHAMPS MERCH! Willow Soccer 2024 Championship gear and other Soccer merchandise is now on sale until Sunday, March 3, at 11:59 cst. Visit www.grundmanns.com Click on red button labeled "TEAM PLAYER PACK" Enter "willowsc24" for the store sale code.
Willow students Maya Galloway, Jade Cameron, Yva Totchum, Hudson Frederick, and Mo Bidima are competing in the Zero Hunger Challenge. Larry Nance is challenging high school students to solve the food insecurity problems in the city. The winning group will receive $50,000 and his support in the implementation of their plan. Our students have advanced to the finals!!! They gave their initial pitch last Saturday.
Congrats to our Senior Baseball players!
We had a sneak peek of the upcoming production of Little Shop of Horrors during an assembly. We can't wait to see the show!
Willow Senior soccer player Sebastian Salm is nominated for Player of the Week! Please take 20 secs. to vote here:
https://www.nola.com/sports/high_schools/who-was-the-new-orleans-area-boys-high-school-athlete-of-the-week-for-feb/article_53764a72-d59f-11ee-95f1-0b8c1db20ec4.html
AP Seminar students had a blast at Tulane's Amistad Research Center! They viewed primary materials from the Civil Rights movement, like a handwritten letter from Fannie Lou Hamer and early 20th century editions of Louisiana Weekly. They also met a Saints player!
Let's “Boil Like It's 1984”! The 40th annual Willow School Crawfish Boil is Sunday, March 24 (NEW DATE), at our middle school campus. This is our largest fundraiser of the year, and we can't make it happen without your help! We are asking for your support through sponsorships and/or in-kind donations. For more info, go here: https://willowschoolptsa.membershiptoolkit.com/2024CrawfishBoil
Twice as Nice!!! Your Willow Lions are now back-to-back State Champs! Willow Soccer 2024 Championship gear and other Soccer merchandise is now on sale until Sunday, March 3, at 11:59 cst. Visit www.grundmanns.com Click on red button labeled "TEAM PLAYER PACK" Enter "willowsc24" for the store sale code.
Louisiana Children's Museum in City Park has a volunteer opportunity for high school age students (9th - 12th grade). LCM is looking for camp volunteers for a Spring Break Camp March 28-29 and April 1-2.
Requirements:
9th - 12th grade
Attend an interview (last interview is March 17)
Attend a tryout day (last tryout day is March 23)
Attend orientation: Sunday, March 24, 9:30 am - 11:30 am
Visit this link to apply: https://www.volgistics.com/appform/50225539
Thursday's Parent Coffee featured a lovely performance by the High School strings musicians. Save the date for the next coffee- Thursday, March 28 at 8am in the library.
Congrats to Willow alum Kara Daveron. She is attending Prairie View A&M for Mechanical Engineering and won an award in a design competition there. Read more about it here: https://www.pvamu.edu/research/post/panthers-invent-23-igniting-student-innovation-and-collaboration/
If you can't make it to Thursday's boys soccer championship game in Hammond, the LHSAA Network will televise the match on the LHSAA Network, which is available as a tv app on Roku, Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV devices. Log on to your device, search for the LHSAA Network, register for a free account, and tune into the live channel at gametime to see the game. Go, Lions!
Our next High School Parent Coffee will be this Thursday, Feb. 22 from 8:00-9:00 a.m. in the library. The high school string quartet will be performing for our enjoyment! If you would like to bring a fruit or breakfast treat, please contact Becky Collins at becky_collins@willowschoolnola.org.
Please vote for Willow High School student and soccer player Maddox Maillho, in nola.com's Player of the Week competition.
The senior headed in a goal off a long free kick from midfield for the lone goal in a state semifinal win against Bossier. The goal was his fifth of the playoffs.
The Willow School Theatre Department Presents
Little Shop of Horrors,
directed by Shawn McCrea.
See the links below for tickets.
Night 1 - February 29: https://gofan.co/event/1373871?schoolId=LA69643
Night 2 - March 1: https://gofan.co/event/1373925?schoolId=LA69643
Night 3 - March 2: https://gofan.co/event/1373930?schoolId=LA69643
